House lawmakers push for sexual harassment protections in congressional offices

House Speaker Paul Ryan wants lawmakers and their staff to complete sexual harassment training. The Wisconsin Republican wrote a letter to his colleagues on Friday saying recent reports of sexual harassment by public figures are “deeply disturbing” and says lawmakers can and should lead by example.The Associated Press recently reported that female lawmakers say they have been harassed or subjected to hostile sexual comments by fellow members of Congress.In his letter, Ryan says lawmakers have a responsibility to make sure the Capitol is “free from discrimination, harassment and retaliation.

The Senate cleared a resolution on Thursday requiring that all senators and staffers undergo sexual harassment training . "By passing this resolution , we take a step to ensure that all who work for the Senate are able to do their job without feeling unsafe or uncomfortable," he added.

The Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan resolution requiring mandatory harassment training for all senators , officers, employers and interns in the upper chamber. The resolution passed by unanimous consent.

Ky Gov calls for any elected official accused of sexual harassment to resign

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin called on Saturday for elected officials and state employees who have settled sexual harassment claims to resign, saying such behavior falls below the moral standard expected of them."These allegations are, as I have said, reprehensible, they're indefensible, they're unacceptable. Period," Bevin, a Republican, said at a news conference ."Given the severity of these, the specificity of these, the nature of these, I am calling on the immediate and for the immediate resignation of every individual who has settled a sexual harassment case, who is party to trying to hide this type of behavior.

Just before the Senate adjourned for the Veterans Day holiday weekend Thursday, the upper chamber passed a resolution mandating that sexual harassment training will be mandatory for senators , staff, and interns of the Senate . Interested in Congress?

Last week, he wrote to the Senate Rules Committee asking it to make sexual harassment prevention training mandatory for all Senate employees. He requires members of both his Judiciary staff and his personal staff to take anti- harassment training .

"Making harassment training mandatory in the Senate sends a clear message: harassment of any kind is not and will not be tolerated in Congress. Period," Klobuchar, the top Democrat on the Rules Committee, said in a statement.

Grassley added that Congress has "a particular duty to set high standards of conduct."

"By passing this resolution, we take a step to ensure that all who work for the Senate are able to do their job without feeling unsafe or uncomfortable," he added.

The resolution requires training to be completed within 60 days and repeated at least once during every session of Congress, which lasts two years.

It also authorizes the Rules Committee, headed up by Shelby and Klobuchar, to issue any guidance or regulations necessary to carry out the new sexual harassment training policy.

Sexual misconduct spotlight shifts from Hollywood to state capitols

The tidal wave of sexual harassment allegations that started in Hollywood and the media has swept into statehouses across the country, with state lawmakers and others facing new accusations and legislative leaders grappling with how to handle the groundswell. The claims have touched off new investigations and policy changes and, in one case, swift punishment for a senior lawmaker. On Monday, Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. Jack Latvala was removed from his position as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee following complaints of sexual harassment from at least seven different women.

Senators in both parties have been urging the chamber to make the Office of Compliance's voluntary sexual harassment training program mandatory for lawmakers and staffers.

Grassley previously asked the Rules Committee about the issue but was told that the Senate would likely need to pass a resolution giving them that authority.

In addition to Grassley's previously letter, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said late last week that she was working on her own legislation.

Meanwhile, a group of senators introduced a similar resolution that would require mandatory training on Wednesday.

Four in 10 of the women who responded to a Roll Call survey earlier this year said they believed Capitol Hill had a sexual harassment problem, while one in six said they had experienced it personally.

Senate passes measure on sexual harassment training

The Senate unanimously passed a resolution Thursday requiring all senators and their staff to undergo sexual harassment training.&nbsp;Senators, staff members and interns will have 60 days to complete the training and are required to repeat it each session of Congress. Senate offices will also have to submit certification to be published online that their offices' fulfilled the requirements.

LSU’s mandatory Sexual Harassment and Title IX training courses have been combined into one new course, Preventing Sexual Misconduct Training for Employees. This new course satisfies the training requirements outlined in both the 2012 Louisiana Senate Concurrent Resolution 107, which

The resolution would also require offices to turn over information on who has completed sexual harassment training and pitches change to the Senate 's training program including having "practical examples aimed at instructing supervisors in the prevention of harassment , discrimination

And one current lawmaker and three former lawmakers told The Associated Press that they had experienced sexual harassment or hostile comments around the Capitol. Staffers also described to Roll Call the worry that reporting an incident would negatively impact their careers.

The push on Capitol Hill comes in the wake of a spate of high-profile allegations of sexual harassment and assault against high-profile figures in media and politics.

GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore is currently battling calls for him to step aside after The Washington Post reported that Moore had inappropriate sexual conduct with a minor in 1979.

Leigh Corfman, now 53, told The Post that Moore kissed her, touched her under her underwear and placed her hand over his underwear when she was 14 years old.

The story also quotes three other women who say Moore approached them when he was in his 30s and they they were teenagers, but that no sexual contact occurred outside of kissing in some of those cases.

Franken spokesman: Senator won’t resign, doing a lot of ‘reflecting' .
A spokesperson for Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said the senator would not resign in the wake of an accusation he kissed and groped a woman without her consent, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Sunday. "He is spending time with his family in Washington, D.C., and will be through the Thanksgiving holiday, and he's doing a lot of reflecting," the spokesperson told the newspaper.Leeann Tweeden, a Los Angeles radio host, published a story on Friday alleging that Franken forcibly kissed and groped her during a USO tour in 2006. Franken had not yet entered politics at the time, and was working as a comedian.

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